Other data from Uber reveals that as of February 2016, the company has moved over 500 000 riders across South Africa.

The company added that it has also travelled approximately 93 million kilometres between 2013 and 2016, and that the average ETA (estimated time of arrival) for an Uber ride in SA is 4 minutes.

In 2013, Uber at first launched in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town. Late last year, Uber launched in Port Elizabeth.

Uber has grown its service in South Africa.

Bumpy SA ride

Uber, though, has also had a bumpy ride in South Africa.

Last year, the traffic officials in Cape Town impounded over 200 Uber cars because the service’s drivers didn’t have the necessary metered taxi permits.

Uber then moved to resolve the issue by getting its drivers to apply for metered permits from the Western Cape transport department.

Metered taxi drivers in Johannesburg last year also protested against the service while the Gauteng MEC for Transport Ismail Vadi has previously said that Uber must register with authorities in the province to keep operating.

Meanwhile, last month, Cabinet approved the National Land Transport Amendment Bill which regards Uber operators as metered taxi operators and requires drivers and operators of the service to have metered licences as part of the law.